Where Did The Small, Two-Door SUVs Go?

"S65" (granthp) 01/08/2017 at 00:14 • Filed to: None

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Like the Geo Tracker, or Suzuki X-90 or the first gen RAV4.

Kat Callahan > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:19

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They’re still very much normal everyday vehicles here in Japan. In the United States? Soccer moms. Soccer moms killed these things. Everyone wants one of these:

Birddog > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:19

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Nobody bought them. Then they died a quiet death.

So sad..

S65 > Birddog 01/08/2017 at 00:21

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Especially that X-90

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:26

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Well not 4 doors and not as luxury.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:27

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To roll-over death camp along with all their drivers

CTSenVy > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:28

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Stupid joke answer, They’re all upside down in ditches.

They seemed to sell until everybody called them a rollover risk, after that they went away. Not sure if maybe cost of insurance had a lot to do with them not being kept around or if the strong economy and cheap gas at the time being more favorable to bigger SUV’s killed them off.

Wacko > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:33

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Most likely the same place all those 2 door coupes went

And those X-90s were cool when they came out.

S65 > Birddog 01/08/2017 at 00:40

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FiST of FuRRY > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:41

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I miss the 1st gen Rav4. Not really powerful compared to new stuff, but rock solid reliability from the 3sfe and ridiculously easy to work on.

I don’t like 4 door anything. Being 6'2", the b pillar tends to be a nuisance. My 01 ZX3 (2 dr hatchback) focus feels roomier than my 06 crown vic did, thanks to longer doors and a further back b pillar

Birddog > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:41

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The X90 is a curious little beast.

 My only experience with them is in their rouge bovine advertising guise.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > S65 01/08/2017 at 00:54

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They didn’t go anywhere?

Wacko > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 01/08/2017 at 01:07

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Juke is not A 4 door.

I love the jimny.

Didn’t know about the 2 door Vitara. I like it.

Note I may be a bit biased, my last car was a awd 6 speed SX4.

Bytemite > S65 01/08/2017 at 02:20

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Man I would’ve loved the X90. Like an offroading Miata!

Cé hé sin > Birddog 01/08/2017 at 05:28

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People bought the Rav 4, but as it got bigger people bought more so Toyota took the hint.

bhtooefr > S65 01/08/2017 at 05:38

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2-door cars in general aren’t successful in the US any more.

SUVs are no longer for off-road enthusiasts, they’re the new sedan.

TheRealBicycleBuck > S65 01/08/2017 at 07:32

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I think the standard answer is “by the wayside.”

They were too small, underpowered, and too tippy. Why get one of these when you could get a much more capable Wrangler?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Birddog 01/08/2017 at 07:57

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It’s basically just a Tracker with functionality removed. The latter was an excellent little truck (and yes, it’s a truck - has a ladder frame and everything). My brother had one that my Uncle bought new. Went to about 300k of serious abuse with hardly any maintenance. What finally killed it was a crossmember that rusted out and would have been covered under a recall if the car was still up north, but no longer applies once the car was in the south :( Gave it to our mechanic for practically nothing, he welded in a new crossmember, and now it’s his hunting buggy.

The Snowman > S65 01/08/2017 at 09:34

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They have all be one the Jeep Wrangler 2 door?

Spoon II > S65 01/08/2017 at 16:09

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One of my friends had one of those in high school. It was actually pretty awesome to drive around town in